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• Dutch firm De Brauw to launch in Singapore

  May 09 2012 Leading Dutch law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is waiting on regulatory approval for the launch of a new office in Singapore, which will be its fifth... more

• Patent transactions increasingly involve antitrust issues

  May 08 2012 Patent transactions of increasing value are attracting the attention of antitrust regulators, necessitating the use of antitrust experts in a field that previously had... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna to send trainees to College of Law

  May 07 2012 CMS Cameron McKenna has ended its relationship with BPP Law School, and will be sending its trainees to the College of Law for their Legal Practice Course, which is an... more

• UK firm Taylor Wessing expands in Europe with ENWC merger

  May 07 2012 Taylor Wessing has merged with Austrian-headquartered firm ENWC, which offers the UK firm a means of expanding into Central and Eastern Europe via ENWC’s offices in... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf loses senior London partner to KPMG

  Apr 25 2012 Dewey & LeBoeuf has lost one of the firm’s most senior London partners, Fred Gander. Gander, a taxation specialist who has been with Dewey since 1991, will join KPMG... more

• US firm Dickinson Dees forms alliance with Macau firm

  Apr 19 2012 US firm Dickinson Wright has formed an alliance with Macau firm MdME, pursuing a strategy of expansion into Asia, and affording MdME the chance to offer their clients... more

• DLA Piper boosts restructuring practice with Goldman Sachs hire

  Apr 12 2012 DLA Piper has boosted its restructuring practice with the hire of Justin Conway, an executive director from Goldman Sachs, as a partner in London. Conway has been... more

• Freshfields promotes 20 to partnership

  Mar 29 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted 20 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, the same number as were promoted last year. This year’s... more

• DLA Piper to adopt all equity partnership model

  Mar 20 2012 DLA Piper’s international partnership is set to adopt an all-equity partnership model on 1 May 2012, following the lead of its US partnership, which moved to an all... more

• US firms grow London partnerships by nearly 10%

  Mar 16 2012 US law firms grew their partner count in London by nearly 10% during 2011, evidence that they are gaining a larger slice of the European legal services market.... more

• UK firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain boosts SIngapore office with relocation

  Mar 09 2012 UK insurance specialist firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has boosted its Singapore office by relocating legal director Jeremy Hewitt from London. Mark Errington,... more

• European law firm Loyens & Loeff launches in Hong Kong

  Feb 21 2012 European law firm Loyens & Loeff has announced the launch of a new office in Hong Kong, which will be the firm’s 18th base globally. The Hong Kong office will be led... more

• Zhong Lun launches in London after hiring team from rival firm

  Feb 16 2012 Major Chinese law firm Zhong Lun has launched a new office in London after hiring the entire London team from breakaway firm Zhonglun W&D. Partners Xue Haibin, Li Lin... more

• Chinese firm Yingke continues aggressive expansion with new offices in Poland and Turkey

  Jan 31 2012 Yingke, China’s second largest firm by lawyer headcount has announced a further expansion abroad, launching an office in Poland and another in Turkey. The move comes... more

• Kirkland & Ellis managing partner departs for private equity firm

  Jan 23 2012 The managing partner of US firm Kirkland & Ellis has surprised the firm by handing in his resignation for 'personal reasons'. James "Jim" Learner has quit the role and... more

• McGrigors and Pinsent Masons in merger talks

  Jan 21 2012 Scotland’s largest law firm by turnover, McGrigors, has confirmed that it is in merger talks with the London-based Pinsent Masons, with a deal to be put to the firms’... more

• UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner scoops up projects expert Andrei Baev

  Dec 14 2011 UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has boosted its projects practice with the hire of Allen & Overy partner Andrei Baev. Baev’s practice focuses on power and mining... more

• Pinsent Masons set to launch European presence

  Dec 12 2011 Pinsent Masons is set to launch offices in France and Germany in the first half of 2012, marking the firm’s first foray into continental Europe. These launches mark... more

• International firm Bryan Cave acquires Denver firm Holme Roberts

  Dec 07 2011 The 113-year-old Denver firm Holme Roberts & Owen is set to merge with St. Louis-based Bryan Cave. Holme Roberts will bring its 150 lawyers under the banner of... more

• Top earner at Linklates takes home £2.2m

  Dec 03 2011 The top earning partner at Linklaters took home £2.2m in the last financial year, according to accounts just published by the firm. According to RollOnFriday the sum... more

• Herbert Smith to leave alliance after 'best friends' reject formal merger

  Nov 26 2011 Merger negotiations between Herbert Smith and its alliance partners have fallen through, thwarting the UK-based firm’s plans for the next step in a ten-year alliance.... more

• Hogan Lovells boosts San Francisco IP practice with Squires hire

  Nov 17 2011 Hogan Lovells has boosted its intellectual property and intellectual property litigation practices with the hire of a partner from Squire Sanders & Dempsey in San... more

• Vogel & Vogel teams up with Truman Hoyle in European-Australian alliance

  Nov 15 2011 Australian law firm Truman Hoyle has announced an alliance with competition law firm Vogel & Vogel, which offices in Paris, Brussels and Frankfurt. The link between... more

• UK firms Beachcroft and Davies Arnold Cooper merge

  Oct 31 2011 UK firms Beachcroft and Davies Arnold Cooper have merged to form DAC Beachcroft, with a headcount of over 2000 lawyers across the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific and Latin... more

• UK firm Martineau teams with German firm to launch in Brussels

  Oct 18 2011 UK firm Martineau is set to launch a new office in Brussels, after concluding negotiations to ally with German firm Becker Büttner Held. Becker Büttner Held has been... more

• Investment bank Moelis hires Senior Partner from Linklaters

  Oct 05 2011 Global investment bank Moelis & Co has boosted its mergers and acquisitions capacity with the hire of high profile lawyer David Cheyne. Cheyne joins Moelis in the new... more

• Ashurst set to merge with Australian firm Blake Dawson

  Sep 27 2011 British firm Ashurst has announced plans to form an alliance with one of Australia's biggest law firms, Blake Dawson. The firms will merge their Asian practices in... more

• NZ employment law firm joins global alliance with L&E Global

  Aug 30 2011 New Zealand employment law firm Swarbrick Beck Mackinnon has joined the international employment law alliance L&E Global, joining seven other firms from Europe and the... more

• Mayer Brown reconfigures German practice around Düsseldorf

  Aug 19 2011 Mayer Brown has announced plans to close its Berlin and Cologne offices, shifting their operations to a new office in Düesseldorf, which is set to open at the start of... more

• Mallesons and King & Wood discuss Australia-China tie up

  Jul 26 2011 Australian firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques is in negotiations with one of China’s largest commercial law firms, King & Wood, regarding an alliance arrangement.... more

• SNR Denton calls for cash contributions from salaried partners

  Jul 11 2011 SNR Denton has called on non-equity partners to contribute capital to the firm for the first time ever, asking for contributions of between £10,000 and £20,000. The... more

• Herbert Smith reports growth in revenues and PEP

  Jul 07 2011 Herbert Smith has reported a 3.4% increase in revenue in the 2010-11 financial year, from £449.9m to £465m. Profits per equity partner also rose by a significant... more

• Weil Gotshall hires four-partner team from Clifford Chance in London

  Jun 16 2011 The London office of Weil Gotshal & Manges has scooped up a four-partner team Clifford Chance. The departure of funds partners Ed Gander, Nigel Clark and Nick Benson... more

• Weil Gotshal hires banking partner from Linklaters in London

  May 31 2011 Weil Gotshal & Manges has boosted its banking practice with the hire of banking partner Stephen Lucas from Linklaters’ London office. Lucas is qualified in both... more

• FoxMandal Little merges with boutique firm LexIndia

  May 17 2011 LexIndia, a boutique firm with strong presence in Paris has merged with FoxMandal Little. LexIndia has offices in New Delhi and London. FML Partner, Som Mandal in... more

• King & Spalding to launch London competition practice after Hogan Lovells hire

  May 11 2011 King & Spalding is set to launch a competition practice in London with the hire of Hogan Lovells of counsel Suzanne Rab. Rab will join the firm as a partner,... more

• US firms hiring to boost private equity practices in Europe

  May 09 2011 US firms are busy hiring to boost capacity in Europe as lucrative private equity work picks up in the region. Boston-based firm Ropes & Gray, which opened in... more

• Baker & McKenzie ranked largest US firm by headcount

  May 04 2011 Baker & McKenzie has come in as the largest of US law firms by head count, according to the The National Law Journal. This is the third year in a row that Bakers has... more

• US firm McDermott Will & Emery to launch in Paris

  May 02 2011 US firm McDermott Will & Emery is set to launch in Paris after five key hires. Leading the new office is partner Jacques Buhart, who was previously head of Herbert... more

• DLA Piper promotes 53 to partnership globally

  Apr 21 2011 DLA Piper has announced the promotion of 53 lawyers to the partnership in its global promotopns round for 2011, up from 41 last year. There are 17 new partners in the... more

• Citigroup appoints former Clifford Chance senior partner as VC of banking for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa

  Apr 01 2011 Financial services giant Citigroup Inc. has appointed former Clifford Chance senior partner Stuart Popham as vice-chair of banking for Europe, the Middle East, and... more

• 17-lawyer antitrust team leaves Howrey for Shearman & Sterling

  Feb 24 2011 A 17-lawyer antitrust group from the Brussels office of Howrey is departing for Shearman & Sterling. The group is led by five partners, including the current and... more

• UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner hires financial services partner from Pinsent Masons

  Jan 17 2011 UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has boosted its non-contentious financial services practice with the hire of Pinsent Masons partner Jacob Ghanty. Berwin Leighton... more

• Howrey closes London IP practice after string of departures

  Jan 11 2011 Howrey has closed its intellectual property practice in London following the departure of London managing partner Mark Hodgson to Field Fisher Waterhouse. Howrey’s... more

• US firm McDermott Will & Emery adds 28 to partnership

  Dec 15 2010 US firm McDermott Will & Emery has announced the results of its annual partnership promotion round, adding five partners in Europe and 23 in the US. The details of... more

• US firm Seyfarth Shaw set to open in London after Norton Rose hire

  Dec 10 2010 US firm Seyfarth Shaw is set to open its doors in London after hiring Norton Rose global employment head Peter Talibart. Talibart will be tasked with developing the... more

• UK skilled migrant cap restricts entry for foreign lawyers

  Nov 25 2010 New immigration restrictions announced by the UK Government will make it tougher for law firms to conduct international recruitment April next year. The changes... more

• Ashurst boosts European equity capital markets practice with Dewey hire

  Nov 15 2010 Ashurst has boosted its European equity capital markets team with the hire of Dewey & LeBoeuf partner Matthias Von Oppen in Frankfurt. Von Oppen is a corporate... more

• Allen & Overy elect new management committee for global tax practice

  Nov 10 2010 Allen & Overy has announced the election of a new global head of tax. German partner Gottfried Breuninger will lead the tax management committee, assisted by two... more

• Bird & Bird loses 5-lawyer Paris IT team to DLA Piper

  Oct 27 2010 DLA Piper has boosted its Paris IT practice with the hire of a five-strong team of lawyers Bird & Bird. The team is led by Bird & Bird's international IT co-head... more

• Clifford Chance appoints new leadership for global competition group

  Oct 22 2010 Clifford Chance has appointed new leadership of its global competition group, with Oliver Bretz to become managing partner of the global practice while Thomas Vinje... more

• Eversheds wins honor for innovation

  Oct 22 2010 Eversheds has been named the most innovative law firm in the Financial Times’s annual ranking of Europe’s law firms, taking the top spot from last year’s winner,... more

• Freshfields hires new COO from Hogan Lovells

  Oct 15 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Axel Koelsch as its new chief operating officer for Germany and Austria. Koelsch – who joins the firm from Hogan Lovells –... more

• Howrey loses 12 IP partners in Europe

  Oct 11 2010 Howrey's head of intellectual property in Europe and at least 11 other partners and 14 associates are jumping ship to set up a new IP firm. The splinter group cited... more

• Baker & McKenzie set to launch Luxembourg office

  Oct 01 2010 Baker & McKenzie is set to open a new office in Luxembourg, which will focus on funds advice for tax, corporate and finance related matters. The firm has has... more

• US firms consider merger: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

  Sep 29 2010 US-based law firms Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe are in merger talks, according to representatives from both firms. A deal... more

• Four firms lead on Unilever's US$3.7bn acquisition

  Sep 28 2010 Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Slaughter and May, Sidley Austin and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on the $3.7 billion all-cash acquisition of leading US hair... more

• Debevoise & Plimpton boosts PE practice with London hire

  Sep 21 2010 US firm Debevoise & Plimpton has boosted its London private equity practice with the hire of partner David Innes from Travers Smith. Debevoise presiding partner... more

• Lovells posts 13% jump in PEPs and marginal increase in revenue

  Jul 15 2010 Lovells, the legacy firm operating outside the Hogan Lovells merged entity, has posted a 13 per cent jump in average profit per equity partner which rose from... more

• Linklaters names new MP of Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa practice

  Apr 27 2010 Linklaters has announced the appointment of the new managing partner of the firm's Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) practice – India chief Sandeep... more

• South Korea opens legal services market to European firms

  Apr 12 2010 The European Union and South Korea have signed a trade deal under which Korea has agreed to open key commercial sectors to European business. The legal services sector... more

• Linklaters, Freshfields, Clifford Chance top in European M&A

  Jan 08 2010 Linklaters defended its position as the top legal adviser on European mergers and acquisitions in 2009 with 160 deals worth a combined $155 billion. Freshfields... more

• Tyco and Eversheds overhaul relationship and end bonuses

  Nov 06 2009 Tyco has signed up Eversheds for another two-year stint as its sole panel adviser across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with the company scrapping all... more

• Garrigues triumphs at The Lawyer European Awards

  Nov 06 2009 Iberian firm Garrigues was named European Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer’s inaugural European awards, held last night in Barcelona. More than 180 senior lawyers... more

• High-profile restructuring chief Norley quits Kirkland's City base

  Oct 23 2009 The high-profile head of Kirkland & Ellis' European restructuring practice, Lyndon Norley, has left the US firm's City office. The reason for his departure is... more

• European legal fees for Lehman bankruptcy reach $112m

  Oct 20 2009 Legal fees on the administration of Lehman Brothers in Europe have hit $112m (£68.4m) in the year since the bank's collapse. The figure is contained within a... more

• Lanier Law Firm expands to Europe

  Oct 13 2009 The Lanier Law Firm has created an international practice and will open an office in London in the first quarter of 2010 to expand the new practice. The firm already... more

• EU court opinion: Google keywords don't violate trademark

  Sep 23 2009 Advocate General Poiares Maduro of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), European Union's top court, backed Google on Tuesday in a row with luxury goods maker LVMH over... more

• DLA Piper adds Linklaters partner Jon Hayes

  Sep 02 2009 DLA Piper has strengthened its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) corporate practice with the addition of Linklaters partner Jon Hayes, reports legalweek. more

• Anheuser-Busch loses 'Budweiser' trademark battle with Czech rival

  Mar 26 2009 A EU court has rejected an effort of US brewery giant Anheuser-Busch InBev to register the trademark "Budweiser" in the EU in the latest round in a 100-year old... more

• Simmons closes Rotterdam and moves all Dutch lawyers to Amsterdam office

  Jan 28 2009 Simmons & Simmons announced that it is to close its Rotterdam office and move all its Dutch activities into a single Amsterdam office from 2010. The Amsterdam office... more

• Lovells Europe head Harald Seisler steps down

  Nov 26 2008 Lovells Continental Europe head Harald Seisler has stepped down from the role after running an unsuccessful campaign to become firmwide managing partner. Seisler will... more

• Shearman NY M&A partner Creighton Condon new Europe chief

  Oct 17 2008 Shearman & Sterling has reintroduced its European managing partner role, with the appointment of New York partner Creighton Condon to the post... more

• Salans reports 20 per cent revenue jump

  Oct 14 2008 Salans has boosted its turnover by 20 per cent in the first three quarters of 2008, bringing in Euro 150m. Salans chairman Stephen Finch said the firm’s strong... more

• Real estate M&A crisis: Just 42 transactions in Europe in 2008

  Sep 25 2008 Figures produced by Mergermarket show the extent of the downturn in real estate M&A over the last year, with Europe seeing only 42 real estate transactions, and UK... more

• Bird & Bird opens in Bratislava, Budapest, Prague and Warsaw

  Sep 11 2008 Bird & Bird has launched four offices in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In a push to gain work from new growth markets, the firm has simultaneously opened in... more

• Calif. Law School Sold to Swiss-Based Educational Company

  Jul 21 2008 A private law school in Southern California has been sold to Knowledge Investment Partners, in a transaction with an estimated value of $5 to $10 million. The... more

• Estonian law firms enjoy fat dividends in spite of cooling economy

  Jul 07 2008 Two Estonian lawyers Aare Tark and Aivar Pilv are competing not only for customers, but also in terms of who earns the biggest dividends. A year ago both Pilv and... more

• Linklaters names Blumberg as European managing partner

  Jul 01 2008 Linklaters has appointed Belgium office head Jean-Pierre Blumberg as the firm's new European managing partner. Blumberg, who has been Belgium managing partner since... more

• Two U.S. law firms take EADS to court on insider-trading claims

  Jun 17 2008 The European aerospace group EADS on Monday defended its record for transparency after two U.S. law firms fired opening salvos in a possible class-action lawsuit... more

• CMS Austrian member adds with local merger

  Jun 10 2008 CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz – the Austrian ally of top 20 City firm CMS Cameron McKenna – is set to merge with boutique Dallmann & Juranek. The two Vienna-based firms are... more

• Euro delivers seven-figure boost to firm profits but drawings squeezed

  Jun 05 2008 Leading City firms, including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, have confirmed that the rising value of the euro had gifted them seven-figure uplifts from their... more

• Allen & Overy launches presence in Romania

  May 30 2008 Allen & Overy has launched a Romanian Alliance, signing an exclusive association with local firm Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA (RTPR). The news comes after... more

• Linklaters axes Eastern European offices, eight partners to form spin-off firm

  May 28 2008 Linklaters will axe its offices in Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest and Prague from November, following a review of its presence in Central and Eastern Europe. Eight... more

• Linklaters may ditch Eastern European offices

  Apr 28 2008 It is a worrying time for lawyers in Linklaters' Eastern European offices as reports emerge that the firm is considering shutting them down. According to RollOnFriday... more

• EU calls on Zimbabwe to 'swiftly' announce election results

  Apr 01 2008 European politicians have called on the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission to "swiftly" announce election results, after unusual delays in their release. Foreign... more

• EU capitals ignore Brussels' questions about rendition flights

  Mar 19 2008 The European Commission is set to criticise EU governments for failing to reply to a questionnaire, which, among other issues, aimed at shedding more light on CIA... more

• EU leaders agree to weakened Mediterranean Union plan

  Mar 14 2008 EU leaders on Thursday (13 March) approved a watered-down version of a plan put forward by French President Nicolas Sarkozy for a grand Mediterranean Union stretching... more

• German constitutional court to decide on EU treaty complaint

  Mar 11 2008 Peter Gauweiler, who hails from the Christian Social Union (CSU) - part of the governing coalition, wants the country's constitutional court to decide on the legality... more

• Continental DLA in 60% '07 fees surge

  Mar 09 2008 DLA Piper’s Continental European offices saw turnover grow by 60% during 2006-07 to make up around a quarter of the firm’s revenues outside of the US. Turnover in... more

• DLA Piper continental arm in 60% '07 fees surge

  Mar 08 2008 DLA Piper’s Continental European offices saw turnover grow by 60% during 2006-07 to make up around a quarter of the firm’s revenues outside of the US. Turnover in the... more

• Mayer Brown accounts reveal European profits dip

  Mar 07 2008 Operating profits in Mayer Brown’s London and Brussels offices fell by £3.3m during 2007 to stand at £37.7m, despite an £8.9m increase in fee income to £103.5m.... more

• White & Case opens in Romania

  Mar 03 2008 White & Case has expanded its East European network after launching a new office in Bucharest. The US giant opened the new branch on 28 February. It will initially... more

• US criticized for air passenger data negotiations with new EU member states

  Feb 15 2008 A European Commission official on Wednesday sharply criticized as "unacceptable" American attempts to negotiate with newer EU member states, reportedly offering to... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna Gives Nod to European Integration Plan

  Feb 13 2008 CMS Cameron McKenna and its European alliance of firms have rubber-stamped plans to integrate the network and work more closely together. more

• Dechert's European offices have best year ever

  Jan 29 2008 Dechert's strongest year ever in its international offices and the right mix of practice areas helped garner a 14.7 percent increase in gross revenue for 2007 -- a... more

• Lovells legend Hugh Nineham quits for McDermott

  Jan 15 2008 McDermott Will & Emery has hired Lovells corporate icon Hugh Nineham to become its European and London corporate head. Nineham has been a crucial figure in Lovells'... more

• Magic circle dominates 2007 Thomson European M&A league

  Jan 05 2008 The magic circle have this year all but sewn up the European M&A market between them off the back of the $193bn Rio Tinto, $99bn ABN Amro and $19bn Boots KKR... more

• Freshfields Bruckhaus Is Top Law Firm on 2007 European Mergers

  Dec 27 2007 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP was the top-ranked legal adviser on European mergers in 2007 with lawyers expecting the brisk pace of mid-sized corporate... more

• Global law firms have missed the boat in Eastern Europe

  Dec 13 2007 There are not many parts of the world that can boast immunity to the sour markets resulting from the global credit crunch, but Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) can. As... more